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flag Survivor Ian Wilkinson forgave Erin Patterson during her sentencing for a deadly mushroom poisoning in Australia.

flag Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor of a 2023 poisoning case in Victoria, Australia, read a victim impact statement at the sentencing hearing of Erin Patterson. flag Patterson was convicted of murdering Wilkinson's wife Heather, her sister Gail Patterson, and her husband Don Patterson with death cap mushrooms in beef Wellington pastries. flag She also attempted to murder Wilkinson, who survived with a liver transplant. flag Wilkinson expressed his grief, feeling "only half alive," and offered Patterson forgiveness, urging her to use her time in jail to better herself. flag Patterson faces potential life sentences for the murders and 25 years for attempted murder.

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